#Chapter 392: Awakened

Nathan I jerked awake out of nowhere, and the harsh, sterile scent of the hospital instantly filled my nostrils. Confusion and disorientation clouded my mind for a moment. I looked around with a furrowed brow; tubes and IVs were attached to me, tangled together like some sort of web of plastic and needles. Panic gripped me in that moment, and without thinking, I sat up abruptly, gasping for air. The nurse who had been tending to me let out a startled shriek, nearly dropping the tray of medical supplies in her hands. She stumbled back, her eyes going wide, her voice trembling as she spoke. “Are you alright, sir?” she asked. I blinked, trying to clear the fog from my mind. “I’m uh… Fine,” I managed to say, my voice hoarse. The memory of what had brought me back into the physical world flooded back into my mind, and my heart began to race. “Where is my wife?” I blurted out. The nurse furrowed her brow. “Miss Olivia?” she asked, sounding more and more confused with eac